conto

[ kon-toh; Portuguese kawn-too ]

noun

, plural con·tos [kon, -tohz, kawn, -t, oo, sh, kawn, -t, oo, s].

1. a money of account of Portugal and Cape Verde, equal to 1000 escudos.
2. a former money of account in Portugal and Brazil equal to 1000 milreis.

conto

/ ˈkɒntəʊ; ˈkõːtu /

noun

1. a former Portuguese monetary unit worth 1000 escudos
2. an unofficial Brazilian monetary unit worth 1000 cruzeiros (now replaced by the real)

Word History and Origins

Origin of conto¹

1595–1605; < Portuguese < Late Latin computus reckoning, noun derivative of Latin computāre to compute; count ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of conto¹

C17: from Portuguese, from Late Latin computus calculation, from computāre to reckon, compute ; see count ¹

Example Sentences

Chi fa il conto senza l'oste, gli convien farlo due volte—He who reckons without his host must reckon again.

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